Again, I gotta say this is a fabulous album, full of greatness. With the current single showing some quicker burn and is already off my recommended playlist, I’d like to freshen the Currents up, moving the album cut “Another Sunday in the South” into the Edge list and replacing it in Medium rotation with this … Read more
These guys are also in the zone. If I prognosticate here, I’d say that while this and the new one from Luke will both get into the top five pretty quickly, “Dirt” will be the one that holds a place in Power Gold for a longer time in years to come. That Skynyrd/slash/Allmans guitar lick … Read more
Of an incredible selection of songs, this is the one that floored me on the first listen. I was tracking the CD driving up to Dallas. First cut: Good start. Second cut: Sassy, amusing. Third cut: sharp. Fourth cut: Good Lord, This Is Great! Now maybe it won’t strike you with the impact it did … Read more
A very sweet and romantic song. It was added to the Edge/Album list back last January and I’ve heard it a bunch since thing. It holds up well and I expect will have a nice long run.
I got an advance on this about two months ago and am almost embarrassed to say how much I love the danged thing. Sure nothin’ else quite like it. It’s got it’s groove on and overflowin’ with attitude. I get images of Big Bad John crossed with that guy Steve Earle was telling us about … Read more
There’s absolutely nothing to dislike about this, but for some reason or another I haven’t yet built up any great attraction to it. I’m thinking it’s probably because it strikes me as rather cloying to the audience. Like, we’re all just wonderful, ain’t we? Pro’bly just me. It’s bouncy and hooky and all that good … Read more
This girl should be a star and this record may be the one that puts her on the map. We got a playlist filled with songs for 20-something males, here’s one for a misbehavin’ 20-something female to balance it out a bit. It’s got attitude and style and a killer hook. And here’s something I … Read more
Has anybody seen in graphs displaying mainstream Country P1 25-54 acceptance of rap; even clearly white rap? Driving around Austin, one of the hippest, whitest, upscale cities, I constantly encounter white kids blasting the most gawd-awful rap crap. It amazes me. There’s the generational thing, sure, me being the old coot now, but what I … Read more
It debuted #1 in the album sales charts. I tracked it first time driving the interstate north to Dallas and was really, really pleased. She’s not made a weak album, puts lots of quality into her collections. This one, however, is her most confident, robust aggregation of songs. There are five songs I can hear … Read more
I don’t like this all that much. It’s a ‘showbiz’ record cooked up with the typical Urban formula. Now the remaining really great song on the album is “Come Back To Me”. That would’ve been a much better single than this forgettable bit of ear candy. Not that there’s anything deathly wrong with Name Brand … Read more